Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery

Larry Millett

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come to Minnesota, on the trail of the famous Kensington Rune Stone

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336 Pages, 6 x 9 in

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Published: November 30, 2013
Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book

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Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery

Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book

Larry Millett

ISBN: 9781452939056

Publication date: November 30th, 2013

336 Pages

8 x 5

"What separates this adventure from other Holmesian derivatives are Millett’s crisp writing and imaginative plotting." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sherlock Holmes is bored between cases at 221B Baker Street. So when King Oskar II of Sweden—who has heard of the discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone by a farmer in Minnesota—asks to engage his services, Holmes jumps at the chance to decipher the runes and determine whether the find is real or a hoax. With Dr. John H. Watson by his side, faithfully recording every detail, Holmes makes his way to Minnesota for a third time. But, in the first of many strange and unfortunate coincidences, the farmer who found the mysterious stone is murdered, and the stone itself is stolen on the day the famous detective arrives.

With the help of one Shadwell Rafferty, now a friend and partner, Holmes must solve this baffling case to find both the stone and the murderer.

Larry Millett was a reporter and architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for thirty years. He is the author of fifteen books, including five other mystery novels in this series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, all in new editions from the University of Minnesota Press.

Contents
Map of Area around Alexandria, Minnesota, 1899 x
Introduction xiii
1. “The Whole Thing Is Nothing But a Crude Hoax” 12. “I Guess You Haven’t Heard” 163. “Just Who Exactly Might the Two of You Be?” 284. “Rochester Knows” 415. “One Might As Well Have Stolen the Mona Lisa” 546. “Her Name Was Mary Robinson” 667. “Well, I Guess I Win” 798. “He Is Also Said to Be the Richest Swede in America” 969. “I Killed No One” 10810. “Fooled You All” 12111. “Give Me the Gun” 13312. “There Was Something Very Wrong on That Farm” 14513. “I Felt the Presence of a Horrible Chill” 15814. “Murder Is Always Hard to Believe” 17215. “I Have Formulated a Little Plan” 18416. “You Will Have to Play Along” 19617. “This Case Has Become a Conspiracy of Lies” 20918. “I Do Not Have to Tell You What That May Mean” 22219. “You Can Answer a Question for Me” 23420. “I Don’t Like the Look of This” 24521. “Bad Man” 25722. “We Are Finished Here, Mr. Holmes” 27223. “You Will Tell Us What You Have Done with the Rune Stone” 285
Epilogue: “Who Is to Say We Might Not Meet Again?” 297
Notes 303Author’s Note 315

Contents

Contents
Map of Area around Alexandria, Minnesota, 1899 x
Introduction xiii
1. “The Whole Thing Is Nothing But a Crude Hoax” 12. “I Guess You Haven’t Heard” 163. “Just Who Exactly Might the Two of You Be?” 284. “Rochester Knows” 415. “One Might As Well Have Stolen the Mona Lisa” 546. “Her Name Was Mary Robinson” 667. “Well, I Guess I Win” 798. “He Is Also Said to Be the Richest Swede in America” 969. “I Killed No One” 10810. “Fooled You All” 12111. “Give Me the Gun” 13312. “There Was Something Very Wrong on That Farm” 14513. “I Felt the Presence of a Horrible Chill” 15814. “Murder Is Always Hard to Believe” 17215. “I Have Formulated a Little Plan” 18416. “You Will Have to Play Along” 19617. “This Case Has Become a Conspiracy of Lies” 20918. “I Do Not Have to Tell You What That May Mean” 22219. “You Can Answer a Question for Me” 23420. “I Don’t Like the Look of This” 24521. “Bad Man” 25722. “We Are Finished Here, Mr. Holmes” 27223. “You Will Tell Us What You Have Done with the Rune Stone” 285
Epilogue: “Who Is to Say We Might Not Meet Again?” 297
Notes 303Author’s Note 315